Georgia at Georgia Tech

Saturday, November 27, 1943

No. 14 Georgia Tech beat Georgia 48–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Georgia led the series 15–⁠13–⁠5 in the games on file.

AwayGeorgia6–⁠4 in 1943
0
Home14Georgia Tech8–⁠3 in 1943
48

FinalHigh 60°F, low 45°FAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Georgia Tech Crushes Georgia, &-0; Rout is Series Worst

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 28, 1943, page 29

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    Georgia Tech Crushes Georgia, &-0; Rout is Series Worst ATLANTA. Nov. q, - Georgia Tech. champion of the Southeastern Conference, wound up its regular season today with a 48–⁠0 triumph over Georgia and headed for a New Year day engagement with unbeaten Tulsa University in New Orleans Sugar Bowl. While a sellout crowd of 10000 watched, Techs Navy powered Engineers thundered over civilian Georgia for four straight periods. inflicting the worst defeat of their tradition stepped, 50-year rivalry. The most crushing setback previously was Techs 46–⁠0 triumph in 1905. Eddie Prokop, one man hurricane on the loose. scored three touch downs-one of them a 66-yard return of pass interception. He booted six extra points. Rolls up Score Swiftly. Georgia led by its freshman run ming and passing marvel, little Johnny Cook. played Techs second stringers gamely. but was no match for the varsity. 1t was just year ago at Athens that Frankie Sinkwich and Co. stopped Techs previously unbeaten and united team, $40. Today’s vic tory Cancelled out that score and more besides. Georgia had net gain by rushing of “a yards, but picked up ITO yards by passing. Tech gained 225 rush. ing and Sc by air-and threw not pass in the second half An 80-yard runback of an intercepted pass by Frank Broyles set up Techs first touchdown few min utes after the kickoff. The Jackets reeled off two more first-period tallies. including 60-yard dash by Mickey Logan. and then heightened the lead to $40 at the half. Coasts in Last Half.

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: FOOTBALL SCORES SOUTH

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 28, 1943, page 8 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES SOUTH SOUTH North Carolina 81; Virginia z. Camp Lejeune Marines 10; Jack sonville Navy 8. Georgia Tech 48: Georgia 0. EAST Navy 10; Army 0. Brooklyn IL; Rutgers 6. LAFAYETTE So; Lehigh 0. MIDWEST Great Lakes 10; Notre Dame IA. Iowa Pre-F’light 80; Minnesota 0. oklahoma 26; Nebraska z. SOUTHWEST Southern Methodist 20; Texas Christian 0. Southwestern (Tex) 81; Rice z. FAR WEST Del Monte Pre-Flight A.; Cali fornia 8. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL pa1eigh O; Charlotte (CentraD z.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Georgia Tech 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Georgia leads 73–⁠41–⁠5; as played, 69–⁠40–⁠5 in the 114 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9
2024Georgia 44, Georgia Tech 42
2023Georgia 31, Georgia Tech 23
2022Georgia 37, Georgia Tech 14
2021Georgia 45, Georgia Tech 0
2019Georgia 52, Georgia Tech 7

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